Michael Kowalsky's Publications

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Journal Articles and Book Chapters

  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Nakagawa, and G.J. Moridis, Feasibility of monitoring gas hydrate production with time-lapse VSP, paper OTC-19489-MS, SPE Journal (accepted).
  • Hinnell, A.C., T.P.A. Ferré, J.A. Vrugt, J.A. Huisman, S. Moysey, J. Rings, and M.B. Kowalsky, Improved extraction of hydrologic information from geophysical data through coupled hydrogeophysical inversion, Water Resour. Res. (accepted).
  • Lehikoinen, A., J.M.J. Huttunen, S. Finsterle, M.B. Kowalsky and J.P. Kaipio, Dynamic inversion for Hydrological Process Monitoring under Model Uncertainties, Water Resour. Res. (accepted).
  • Lehikoinen, A., S. Finsterle, A. Voutilainen, M.B. Kowalsky, and J.P. Kaipio, Dynamical inversion of geophysical ERT data: state estimation in the vadose zone (2009), Inverse Problems in Sci. and Eng., 17(6), 715-736, doi: 10.1080/17415970802475951.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., J. Birkholzer, J. Peterson, S. Finsterle, S. Mukhopadhyay, and Y. Tsang, 2008. Sensitivity analysis for joint inversion of GPR and thermal-hydrological data from a large-scale underground heater test, Nuclear Technology, 164(2), 196-206.
  • Salve, R., N.Y. Krakauer, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Finsterle, 2008. A qualitative assessment of microclimatic perturbations in a tunnel, International J. of Climatology, 28(15), 2081–2087, doi: 10.1002/joc.1697.
  • Finsterle, S., C. Doughty, M.B. Kowalsky, G.J. Moridis, L. Pan, T. Xu, Y. Zhang, and K. Pruess, 2008. Advanced vadose zone simulation using TOUGH, Vadose Zone Journal, 7, 601-609, doi:10.2136/vzj2007.0059.
  • Finsterle, S.A., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2008. Joint hydrological-geophysical inversion for soil structure identification, Vadose Zone Journal, 7, 287–293, doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0078.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and G. J. Moridis, 2007. Comparison of kinetic and equilibrium reactions in simulating the behavior of gas hydrates, Energy Conversion and Management, 48, 1850-1863, doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2007.01.017.
  • Moridis, G., M.B. Kowalsky, and K. Pruess, 2007. Depressurization-induced gas production from class 1 hydrate deposits, SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 10(5), 458-481.
  • Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2007. Response of Oceanic Hydrate-Bearing Sediments to Thermal Stresses, SPE Journal, 12(2), 253-268, doi:10.2118/111572-PA.
  • Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Hubbard, 2006. Hydrogeophysical parameter estimation approaches for field scale characterization, in Applied Hydrogeophysics, edited by H. Vereecken et al., Chap. 2, pp. 9-44, Springer.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., J. Chen, and S.S. Hubbard, 2006. Joint inversion of geophysical and hydrological data for improved subsurface characterization, The Leading Edge, 25(6), 730-734.
  • Gupta, A., T.J. Kneafsey, G.J. Moridis, Y. Seol, M.B. Kowalsky, and E.D. Sloan, 2006. Composite Thermal Conductivity in a Large Heterogeneous Porous Methane Hydrate Sample, J. Phys. Chem. B. , 110, 16384-16392.
  • Moridis, G.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Gas Production from Unconfined Class 2 Hydrate Accumulations in the Oceanic Subsurface, in Economic Geology of Natural Gas Hydrates, M. Max, A.H. Johnson, W.P. Dillon and T. Collett, Eds., Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers (Report LBNL-57299).
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, J. Peterson, S. Hubbard, Y. Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2005. Estimation of field-scale soil hydraulic and dielectric parameters through joint inversion of GPR and hydrological data, Water Resour. Res., 41, W11425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004237.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2004. Estimating flow parameter distributions using ground-penetrating radar and hydrological measurements during transient flow in the vadose zone, Adv. in Water Res., 27(6), 583-599.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, and P. Dietrich, 2004. The use of ground-penetrating radar for characterizing sediments under transient flow conditions, in Aquifer characterization, SEPM Special Publication 80, edited by: Bridge, J.S. and Hyndman, D.W., ISBN: 1-56576-107-3, 176 pages.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2001. Forward modeling of ground-penetrating radar data using digitized outcrop images and multiple scenarios of water saturation, Water Resour. Res., 37(6), 1615-1625 (2001WR900015).
  • Geller, J.T., M.B. Kowalsky, P.K. Seifert, and K. Nihei, 2000. Acoustic detection of immiscible liquids in sand, Geophys. Res. Letters. , Vol. 27, No. 3, 417-420 (1999GL010483).

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Reports and Conference Proceedings (longer than 1 page)

  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, G. Moridis, and S.S. Hubbard (2009), Hydrogeophysical approaches with the TOUGH family of codes, Proc. TOUGH Symp. 2009, Berkeley, California, 8 pages.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Nakagawa, and G. Moridis, Feasibility of monitoring gas hydrate production with geophysical methods, Paper OTC-19489-PP presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 2008.
  • Moridis, G.J., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Geomechanical Implications of Thermal Stresses on Hydrate-Bearing Sediments, Fire in the Ice: the National Methane Hydrates R&D Program Newsletter, edited by Karl Lang, Winter 2006.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and G. Moridis. Comparison of kinetic and equilibrium reactions in the simulation of the behavior of gas hydrates, Proceedings of TOUGH Symposium 2006, Berkeley, Calif. (LBNL-60361).
  • Gupta, A., T. Kneafsey, G.J. Moridis, Y. Seol, M.B. Kowalsky, and E.D. Sloan, Jr., 2006. Estimation of composite thermal-conductivity of a heterogeneous methane hydrate sample using iTOUGH2, Proceedings of TOUGH Symposium 2006, Berkeley, Calif. (LBNL-60619).
  • Moridis, G. M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, K. Pruess, 2006. TOUGH+: The New Generation of Object-Oriented Family of Codes for the Solution of Problems of Flow and Transport in the Subsurface, Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, CA.
  • Finsterle, S.A., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Joint Hydrological-Geophysical Inversion for Soil Structure Identification, Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, Calif. (LBNL-60088).
  • Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2006. Depressurization-induced gas production from Class 1 and Class 2 hydrate deposits, Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2006, Berkeley, Calif. (LBNL-60366).
  • Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, Response of oceanic hydrate-bearing sediments to thermal stresses, Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1-4, 2006 (LBNL-60150).
  • Moridis, G.J., M. Kowalsky and K. Pruess, 2005. TOUGH-Fx/HYDRATE v1.0 User’s Manual: A code for the Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media, LBNL/PUB 3185.
  • Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, Y. Rubin, and S.S. Hubbard, 2004. Improved characterization through joint hydrogeophysical inversion: Examples of three different approaches, NATO ASI Hydrogeophysics 2, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 20-27, LBNL-55782.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2003. Estimating Flow Parameters Using Ground-Penetrating Radar and Hydrological Data during Transient Flow in the Vadose Zone, Proc. of TOUGH Symp. 2003 , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif., 2003, Report LBNL-52504, 10 pages.
  • Williams, K.H.; M.B. Kowalsky, and J.E. Peterson, 2002. High resolution imaging of vadose zone transport using surface and crosswell ground penetrating radar methods, Report LBNL-53151, 42 pages.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and Y. Rubin, 2002. Suitability of GPR for characterizing variably saturated sediments during transient flow, Proc. of the Ground Penetrating Radar conference (GPR 2002) , Santa Barbara, CA, April 28-May 2, 2002, 4 pages.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin and P. Dietrich, 2002. Effects of fluid distribution and subsurface structural heterogeneity on ground-penetrating radar, Proc. of 2002 International Groundwater Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March, 2002, 6 pages.
  • Hubbard, S.S., K. Grote, M.B. Kowalsky, and Y. Rubin, 2002. High-Resolution Estimation of Near Subsurface Water Content using GPR Ground-Wave Information, Proc. of 2002 International Groundwater Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March, 2002, 8 pages.
  • Dietrich, P., M.B. Kowalsky, T. Fechner, and J. Whittaker, 2000. Aquifer analogs: a possibility to evaluate hydrogeophysical approaches. Proc. of the 6th Meeting of Environmental & Engineering Geophysics, Sep. 2000, Bochum, Germany, 4 pages.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., J.T. Geller, P.K. Seifert, K.T. Nihei, R., Gritto, J.E. Peterson, Jr. and L.R. Myer, 1998. Acoustic visibility of immiscible liquids in poorly consolidated sand, Proc. Soc. Exploration Geophysics, 1041-1044.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., J.T. Geller, P.K. Seifert, K.T. Nihei, and L.R. Myer, 1997. Acoustic Visibility of Immiscible Liquids in Poorly Consolidated Sand, in Earth Sciences Division, LBNL, Annual Report, 2 pages.

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Conference Proceedings (shorter than 1 page)

  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and S. Hubbard, 2008. Use of Coupled Hydrological-Geophysical Modeling Framework for Exploring the Impact of Recharge on TDS, 2008 CMWR International Conference, July 6-10, 2008, San Francisco, California.
  • Englert, A., M.B. Kowalsky, K. Williams, J. Peterson, J. Chen, F. Spane, D. Newcomer, P. Long and S. Hubbard, 2008. Estimation of a three dimensional hydraulic conductivity field at the Rifle, CO Integrated Field Challenge site using a sequential Bayesian-Inverse Approach, 2008 CMWR International Conference, July 6-10, 2008, San Francisco, California.
  • Zhang, Y., S. Finsterle, M.B. Kowalsky, and S. Hubbard, 2008. Impact of groundwater pumping on near-river hydrology, 2008 CMWR International Conference, July 6-10, 2008, San Francisco, California.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S.S. Hubbard, J. Chen, J.E. Peterson, G.P. Flach, 2007. Multiscale Hydrogeophysical Data Integration for Parameterization of Transport Model at Savannah River Site, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs.  H14C-01 INVITED.
  • Hubbard, S., A. Englert, M. Kowalsky, J. Chen, J. Peterson, K.H. Williams, 2007. Exploring Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes Associated With Remedial Treatments Using Geophysical Methods, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs.  NS13A-08 INVITED.
  • Englert, A., M. Kowalsky, L. Li, P. Long, and S. Hubbard, 2007. Characterization of Transient Transport Behavior During Biostimulation Field Experiments Using Novel Breakthrough Analysis Approaches, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. H21C-0707.
  • Finsterle, S., M.B. Kowalsky, C. Oberdoerster, A. Lehikoinen, 2007. Joint Inversion of Hydrological and Geophysical Data: Too Much Information?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. NS43A-04 INVITED.
  • Li, L., C.I. Steefel, M.B. Kowalsky, 2007. Biogeochemical Reaction Kinetics Associated With Uranium Bioremediation at Multiple Scales, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abs. H32D-03.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., E. Majer, J.E. Peterson, S. Finsterle and A. Mazzella, 2006. Coupled geophysical-hydrological modeling of controlled NAPL spill, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 11-15.
  • Lehikoinen, A., S. Finsterle, A. Voutilainen, M.B. Kowalsky, and J.P. Kaipio, 2006. A nonstationary geophysical inversion approach with modeling-error correction for imaging fluid flow, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 11-15.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and S.A. Finsterle, 2006. Joint inversion of ground-penetrating radar and thermal-hydrological measurements: overview and recent progress, 2006. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006, Vienna, Austria, April 2-7.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and G. Moridis, 2006. Comparison of kinetic and equilibrium reactions in the simulation of gas hydrates in porous media, American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Annual Convention 2006, April 9-12, 2006.
  • Moridis, G., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2005. Numerical study of hydrate preservation during core recovery, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 5-9, 2005.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., J. Peterson, J. Birkholzer, S. Finsterle, S. Mukhopadhyay, and Y. Tsang, 2005. Joint inversion of ground-penetrating radar and thermal-hydrological data collected during a large-scale heater test, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
  • Finsterle, S., and M.B. Kowalsky, 2005. Model Structure Identification through Joint Inversion of Hydrological and Geophysical Data, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S.A. Finsterle, J.E. Peterson, S.S. Hubbard, Y. Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2004. Estimating field-scale soil hydraulic properties and petrophysical models through joint GPR/hydrological measurement inversion, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S.A. Finsterle, J.E. Peterson, S.S. Hubbard, Y. Rubin, E. Majer, A. Ward, and G. Gee, 2004. Estimating field-scale soil hydraulic properties through joint inversion of cross-borehole GPR travel times and hydrological measurements, 2004 Annual Meeting of Geological Society of America (GSA), Denver, Colorado, November 7-10.
  • Linde, N., J. Chen, M.B. Kowalsky, S. Finsterle, Y. Rubin, S.S. Hubbard, 2004. Improved characterization through joint hydrogeophysical inversion: Examples of three different approaches, NATO ASI Hydrogeophysics 2, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 20-27, LBNL-55782 Ext. Abs.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, J. Peterson, and S. Finsterle, 2003. Estimation of Flow Parameters Using Crosshole GPR Travel Times and Hydrological Data Collected During Transient Flow Experiments, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 2003, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Finsterle, and Y. Rubin, 2002. Inversion of Hydrogeological and Time-lapsed GPR Data for Flow Parameters, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 6-10, 2002, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., Y. Rubin, 2002, Monitoring Subsurface Moisture Distributions with GPR, Presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Trest, Czech Republic, July 17-27, 2002.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., and Y. Rubin, 2001. Improved characterization of the Vadose zone with time-lapsed ground-penetrating radar, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 10-14, 2001, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2000. Effect of Soil Heterogeneity on GPR Data and its Impact on Hydrogeologic Characterization: a Study Based on a Gravel-Quarry Outcrop in Herten, Germany, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 15-19, 2000, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., P. Dietrich, G. Teutsch, and Y. Rubin, 2000. GPR Modeling of Outcrop, Summer meeting of German Geophysical Society (DGG) in Munich, Germany, 2000.
  • Kowalsky, M.B., S. Nakagawa, K. Nihei, and L. Myer, 1997. Acoustic properties of poorly consolidated sediments during saturation, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, 1997, San Francisco, CA.
  • Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 1997. Compressional wave anisotropy in fractured rock, Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Dec. 8-12, San Francisco, CA.
  • Pyrak-Nolte, L.J. and M.B. Kowalsky, 1997. Compressional wave anisotropy in fractured rock, Proc. of the 36th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, June 29 - July 2, Columbia University, NY. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.

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